Improvement in apparatus for setting up barrels



NAPETERS. PHOTO-LITHDGRAPNER WASH NGTON D C tinited mes WILLIAM B. ELLIOTT, OF CORN'ING, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent N 101,242, dated March 29, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN AP'PARATUSFORSETTING UP BARRELS.

To all whom yit muy concern:

Be it known thatl I, WILLLUI B. EL'moTT, of

- Corning, in the county of Steuben and State ot' New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Setting up Barrels, Casks, Tubs,lPails, dto., ot' which the following is a specifica-- tion, referring to the accompanying drawings.

Nature of Invention.

This invention consists in the arrangement ot' parts in the'apparatus whereby the staves'are held in place While the head and hoops are being applied, as heroina-i'ter described.

` yGeneral Description.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective rien' oi' the apimratus; and

Figure 2, a diagram'showing the method of holding the staves.

A is a circular base, ot' any desired size;

B is a standard rising from the same; and

G is a disk or head, keyed or otherwise attached to the standard.

0n ythe disk is'mounted an outer ring, D,and within this an inner ring, E, ot' smaller size.

To the ring E is attached a series oi springs, a a, coiled or of other iorm, and to these, in turn, is attached a series oi' headed arms, G G, which extend out through the space between the outer ring and the face ofthe disk, and have theirheads b b drawn against the peripheries oi' the same. These heads are made very thin, and in their longest diameter they are made concentric, to lit the circle, while in their shortest diameter they simply servo as lianges, to hold from being drawn tln'ough.

The action is as t'ollowsz' The arms G Gr and s'prings a a, being (elastic, arev drawn out. or stretched, one by one, suticieutly to insert the edges of the stares between the heads b b and the edge of the disk, as shown in g. 2.

The stares are set up, one after another, with the lower ends resting against base A, as a guide, and

with the heads b clasping them in place against the diskl G. When the circle is complete, the upper ends of the stares extending above the apparatus are drawn together in a compact circle, embracing the head oi' the barrel, and one or more hoops are applied and driven. \Vhen this is done the unfinished barrel or other vessel is removed, and, being thus connected, is finished without trouble.

By this means barrels or other vessels are very easily and expeditiously put together. rings D E allow the circular slidingl of the arms and springs to any desired position to clasp the edges of wider or narrower stares, as the case may be. This is an important advantage, for if fixed radially in place they would be adapted only to stares ot' a given width.

Another important feature is the use ot' thin heads b made concentric with the outer circle, and fitting closely thereto. By this means, when all the staves are wide, a portion of the heads may remain unused and be covered by the staves outside, otering no impediment thereto.

The circular base A is also a necessity, used in connection with the clasping arrangement, serving as a guide or guage to keep the stave in place when set up.

.lf desired, the mechanism connected with the disk C may be located on the under side, instead of the upper.

I desigmalso, in some cases, to make the outer ring D expansible to different diameters, by making it in sections, and connecting them with a suitable expanding device.

What v1 claim as my invent-ion, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination and arrangement of the disk C, outer and inner rings D E, the headed arms G G, and springs a a, the whole operating as described.

In witness whereof l have hereunto signed my name inA the presence of' two subscribing Witnesses.

I WM. B. ELLIOTT.

Witnesses:

R. F. OsGooD, G'Eo. W. Muur.

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